Journal of Bengal Art: Volume 15

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Pratip Kumar Mitra.1. Rediscovering Gaur: Source Material in the Public Collections of the United Kingdom./Knoundkar Alamgir.2. Some Reflections on present State of Study of Sultanate Architecture in Bangladesh./Noor Bano Sattar.3. An Inscribed Image of the Buddhist Deity from West Bengal./Rituparna Basu.4. A study of the Kantha Art of Bengal: Contesting Claims of Tradition and Modernity./Ayoub Khan.5. Some Comments on the Seals of Bengal Copperplates./A K M Yaqub Ali.6. Four Undeciphered Arab Coins: Historical Derivatives and Calligraphic Niceties./Sudipa Ray Bandyopadhyay.7. A unique Inscribed Image of Varahi From West Bengal/Shymalkanti Chakravarti.8. The Lotus of Sixty-Four Petals in Charyapada and its Iconic Representations/Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq.9. Ecology and Nature in Islamic Culture and its Reflection on Islamic Art with Specials Attention to architectural Calligraphy in Bengal/Subrata Kumar Acharya.10. Dhanachanguda Plates of Silabhanjadeva, Year-2/Ayesha Begum.11. Chandi Mura (Lalmai): Architectural Heritages of Some Temples/Shahnaj Husne Jahan.12. Archaeological Investigations at Bhitar garh in Panchagarh District./A.S.M. Aminur Rahman.13. Christian Architecture (Churches) in Barisal,Bangladesh: Historic Background, Spread and Architectural Style./Bulbul Ahmed.14. Symbols on the Silver Punch-Marked Coins Found in Bangladesh./Zulekha Haque .15. Art of Weaving in Ancient Bengal./Shamir Isha .16. The Influence of Bengal on Mughal Painting./Asok Datta .17. Excavation At Moghalmari: A Pre-Pala Buddhist Monastic Complex./Nasir Uddin Mobin.18. Roof of early architectures of Bangladesh: Material,Technique, Pattern etc. from 4th century BCE to 12th century CE.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Enamul Haque

Professor Enamul Haque had his M.A. in History (Archaeology Group) from Dhaka (1960), Diploma in Museology from London (1964) and Doctorate in South Asian Art from Oxford (1973). For three decades since 1962 he served the Dhaka Museum and rose to be the Founder Director General of the Bangladesh National Museum, developing it to be the largest Museum in the Third World. He was for a year (1990) Secretary-in-charge of the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh. He also taught Art History, Museology and National Heritage in the universities of Dhaka and Jahangirnagar, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, and the Independent University at Dhaka. An organizer of exceptional ability, he is the Founder Chairman (since 1995) and Academic Director of The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art (ICSBA) at Dhaka, convened four International Congresses on Bengal Art (1976, 1997, 1999 and 2001) and edits the Journal of Bengal Art. He was honoured by the Asiatic Society of Calcutta with the award of the Rama Prasad Chanda Birth Centenary Medal (1993) for his "conspicuous contribution in art and archaeology of Bengal". Earlier, the Asia Society of New York honoured him by electing as their Honorary International Councilor (1986-92). He served as the President of the International Council of Museum (ICOM) Asia Pacific Organization (1983-86). Among his publications, notables are Islamic Art Heritage of Bangladesh (1983) and Bengal Sculptures: Hindu Iconography (1992), the latter being a quantitative assessment of nearly two thousand sculptures now preserved in different parts of the world.